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officers Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15 14.4 12.1 0 23.2 41.3 17.7
Number of occurrences4828 8 0 4 4 4
Number of authors19 13 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of officers in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ourt, she said tae wan ae the officers ae the court, "The list ae si on page 110
suppressed immediately bi the officers ae the court. (Seein as that' on page 111
he Queen addit tae wan ae the officers: bit the Hatter wis oot ae si on page 112

4 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Should two Strathclyde police officers appear, yir fucked. Should th on page 13
Donaldson, and I have assured officers that there will be substantia on page 55
hers and our community police officers, for a one-day gang workshop. on page 57
nd PC Blakley, your community officers. On the other side we have Sh on page 59

4 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
she said tae yin 0 the court officers, "Bring me the leet 0 the sin on page 44

4 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Hamilton, wha wis briefin his officers, Hackston, Balfour, John Loud on page 36
gly heid amang the Covenantin officers, wha argied amang themsels, c on page 39

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
nied, nor shuid it be, an the officers o the British Empire stravaig on page 98
years late or allouin senior officers tae aye be cheengin specifica on page 122

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
esses connectit wi some o the officers o the law. Aw thro the nicht on page 127

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
wis wi me,' ah add, 'but the officers said she wasnae a proper witn on page 46

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
nt o twa Gaelic pairlamentary officers and, symbolically, signage in
1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
Gaelic community development officers. Hit is the fack o GME thit a
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit The Embra Greement, (Scots Language Centre 2012) Central, government
ordnar retouring officers (cryed “coonting officers"
(cryed “coonting officers" for the referendum) an airti
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
The time o the war, Polish officers wis ludged oot wi fowk in tha
and an, bein the gentlemannie officers that they war, they whiles he
2 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
t of their ability ?? ofc yer officers dinnae always help, not wanti(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
nger o suffocation, but three officers roughin up a minor is atrocio(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
nity Learning and Development Officers, alang wi @agescotland , hae (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
people in authority - police officers there r basically trying to c (2020) twitter link

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
court, she sade till wan o e officers o e court, "Bring me e list o on page 108
s immediately suppressed by e officers o e court. (As at is rether a on page 109
," e Queen added till wan o e officers: but e Hatter wis oot o sicht on page 110

4 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
on your property? One of our officers can descend for the exchange.
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Police officers did a door tae door, seein if
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
lesh pots o Berlin. This drew officers and men fae aa pairts o the f
urned tae normal.The Prussian officers packed up their pre-war hunti
2 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
, shö said ta een o da coort officers, "Geng an fetch me da list o on page 113
cheer, an richt awa da eoort officers suppressed him. (Dat soonds k on page 114
e," da Wheen said ta een o da officers: but da Hat-makker wis oot o on page 115

4 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
court, she said tae yin o th officers o th court, "Bring iz th list on page 111
immediately suppressed b' th officers o th court. (As that is rithe on page 112
" th Queen added tae yin o th officers: but th Hatter was oot o sich on page 113

4 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ort, shae said, tae yin o the officers o the coort, "Bring mae the l on page 112
immediately suppresst bae the officers o the coort. (Es thon is rath on page 113
the Queen addet tae yin o the officers; yit the Hatter wus oot o sic on page 114

4 matches

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